VINTON — A hearing has been scheduled for next week to determine the status of hundreds of animals seized from a Vinton home earlier this month.

According to court records, Benton County Attorney David C. Thompson on Monday requested a hearing to determine whether approximately 1,000 animals taken from the home of Marshall and Barbara Galkowski have been abused or neglected. Thompson has also ask a judge to assess costs incurred by three area animal shelters for the care of the animals.

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The hearing has been set for Jan. 29 and the Galkowskis have been informed of the hearing, court records show.

At the suggestion of a veterinarian and the Cedar Valley Humane Society, the animals were removed from the home “due to their poor health, housing and sanitary conditions,” court documents state. They were taken to area animal shelters, assessed and given medical treatment, documents state.

“The County believes the animals in question are ‘threatened animals,’” Thompson’s request for a hearing states.